Improved whip-socket and rein-holder combined



To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. FINNEY, of Youngs Socket and Line-Holder; the following is a full, clear, and exact description of JOSEPH R. FINNEY, or YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Letters Patent No. 87 ,921, dated March 16, 1869.

DEPROVED WED-SOCKET AND REIN-HOLDER COIMBINED.

4- The-Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same;

town, in the county of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Combined Whipand I do hereby declare that the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view. Figure 2'is a horizontal section through line a: rt of fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to provide a neat, cheap, and convenient device, which shall serve both as a whip-holder and rein-holder, being attached, for that purpose, to any convenient part of the carriage.

' To this end,

The invention consists in ametallic base-plate, which can be attached, in any suitable manner, to the carriage, supporting, at one end, two standards, to one of which the whip-socket is attached, by a spring-hinge, in such a manner that the spring presses the socket against the opposite standard, and clamps the reins between it and that standard. a

In the drawings- A is the base-plate. B is one of the standards, bent slightly, as seen at b. O is the other standard, nearly parallel to the first, and about an inch from it.

D is the whip socket, attached, by a hinge, d, to the standard 0, and by a spring, e, pressed against the standard B.

The socket may be provided with a slight knob, m, which shall not allow it to come quite in contact with the standard, so that the reins can be conveniently placed between them.

The upper-end of standard B, bent outward from the socket, as shown in fig. 1, serves as a-guide to receive the reins readily. I

The whole apparatus may be covered with leather, and maybe made of metal, hard rubber, or any other suitable material. 1

- The operation of the device is clearly shown in fig.

2, the red lines indicating the position of the socket when the reins are not held by it, and thebufi" lines indicating its position and action in holding the reins.

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,-is-

1. The combined whip-socket and rein-holder, composed of the parts A, B, G, and D, spring 8, and hinge d, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a tubular whip-holder with a rein-holder, the whole being constructed in one instrument.

To the above specification of my invention, Lhave signed my hand, this 10th day of October, 1868.

' Witnesses: J R. FINNEY.

CHAS. A. PETTIT, A. M. TANNER. 

